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Fumesucker

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36. The kids that in my day would have been out building hot rods are now in front of the X Box

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 02:28 PM

Nov 2013

Fixing things isn't what it used to be, I was the family TV tech from the time I was about 15 or so, would take the tubes out and carry them to Walgreens and put them on the tube checker about every three or four months when the B/W TV would go on the fritz.

These days people just buy a new TV, no user serviceable parts inside even if you could purchase them.

Disposable, unrepairable products have made for a society where those troubleshooting skills are much more rare than they used to be.

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"WalMart: A Progressive Success Story", by Jason Furman, chief economic advisor to President Obama [View all] Scuba Nov 2013 OP

Are any of them not corporatists? LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #1

We are in the times of "freedom is slavery" zeemike Nov 2013 #2

As Each Day Goes By... ChiciB1 Nov 2013 #3

I can see why you took a break. I might have to do the same. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #14

Yes, Good To Be Up To Date On Info... ChiciB1 Nov 2013 #41

Obama needs some new economic advisors CanonRay Nov 2013 #4

What do those guys know? Just because they've been right every time? Scuba Nov 2013 #5

What'sis you say? fadedrose Nov 2013 #32

Obama was groomed dotymed Nov 2013 #8

Her name is Penny Pritzker. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #15

...like Jill Stein and Margaret Flowers? L0oniX Nov 2013 #20

Let me know when either gets interested in talking to actual voters instead of just to eridani Nov 2013 #47

I don't think you all read Furman's article... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #6

It's attack by sound bite. n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #11

Good luck with this argument: "Wal-Mart sucks not because of its low wages" Romulox Nov 2013 #12

Low wages suck... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #21

Wal Mart is the largest private employer in America. And one with close ties to a Presidential Romulox Nov 2013 #43

And? (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #44

Walmart sucks because of its low wages. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #16

Holy Shit. The conclusion is awful. progressoid Nov 2013 #18

Seriously....read the whole article Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #22

Retail is still needed even in a manufacturing economy Fumesucker Nov 2013 #26

Actually.... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #30

Manufacturing may be coming back but a lot of the jobs aren't Fumesucker Nov 2013 #31

The jobs are coming back... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #35

The kids that in my day would have been out building hot rods are now in front of the X Box Fumesucker Nov 2013 #36

Tv's still have serviceable parts Egnever Nov 2013 #39

Of course it was Fumesucker Nov 2013 #40

And low-skill jobs will be done by............. jeff47 Nov 2013 #27

IRONY alert. progressoid Nov 2013 #28

Doesn't sound like he's talking about manufacturing jobs dreamnightwind Nov 2013 #45

I see the campaign to redefine "progressive" is underway. n/t winter is coming Nov 2013 #7

Good luck to the enemies of progressives. History is a good thing.... L0oniX Nov 2013 #19

We are DEEP in the rabbit hole. marmar Nov 2013 #9

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And I'm sure the settlement they craft will really change Wal-Mart's ways hatrack Nov 2013 #23

stories like this should wake people up to the extent we are buried librechik Nov 2013 #13

The only way to undo this corrupt system is from the bottom up. L0oniX Nov 2013 #17

Don't depress me Scuba fadedrose Nov 2013 #24

Progressively worse PowerToThePeople Nov 2013 #25

Wall Street wuvs Walmart Octafish Nov 2013 #29

Up is down, right is left... joeybee12 Nov 2013 #33

The Faux Democrats replaced the Real Democrats so.... AZ Progressive Nov 2013 #34

Bingo. Scuba Nov 2013 #37

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